Na obale australijskog ostrva Tasmanija nasukalo se 270 kitova od kojih je najmanje trećina uginula.
Nasukavanje kitova otkriveno je u ponedeljak, a spasioci strahuju da ima još uginulih kitova.
Morski biolozi trude se da spasu preostale kitove u delikatnoj operaciji koja će verovatno potrajati danima.
There is a race against time to save around 270 whales who have become stuck on two sand banks and a beach off the coast of Tasmania
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) 21. септембар 2020.
At least 25 whales are thought to have already died as conservationists begin the huge rescue operationhttps://t.co/YCLwBY2C9G pic.twitter.com/dinmNIGRBY
Nije poznato kako je zašto su se kitovi nasukali na obalu, prenosi BBC.
Poslednji put masovno nasukavanje kitova na Tasmaniji dogodilo se 2009. godine.
Marine biologists are planning the rescue of around 270 whales stranded on a sandbar off the remote west coast of the Australian island of Tasmania https://t.co/0j6qCNRvJl pic.twitter.com/UmwkiTM4xN
— Reuters (@Reuters) 21. септембар 2020.